Wouldn’t you rather recognize that you have a health condition which can be successfully treated, rather than spend a lot of time miserably worrying about what’s wrong with you?
We have found this is a better-looking, better feeling picture of ourselves than the old gloomy selves we used to be. It is truer, too. We know.
The proof of it is in the way we feel, act, and think — now.
– Living Sober, p. 10

Thought to Ponder . . .
I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not.